In an effort to keep readers of the HungryPests blog informed, we wanted to pass along the following information…
The U. S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is making available to the public an environmental assessment (EA) relative to the control of Asian citrus psyllids (ACP), Diaphorina citri Kuwayama. The purpose of this EA is to analyze the environmental impact of an ACP control program throughout the continental United States and Puerto Rico. APHIS is providing a 30-day comment period for response to this EA.
Consideration will be given to comments received on or before September 26, 2010. Read more... (173 words, estimated 42 secs reading time)
You may have read my earlier blog about the European Grapevine Moth (EGVM) trapping process. The trapping program has been underway for a few months now and it seemed like a good time to offer a little summary and look ahead. Read more... (332 words, estimated 1:20 mins reading time)
The European Grapevine Moth (lobesia botrana) has been in the news a lot lately. As I wrote in an earlier blog, EGVM was first found in Napa Valley—the first find in the United States—in fall 2009. It has now been found at more than 30 sites and growers in the Napa Valley are concerned about the impacts it may have to their crops. State Interior Quarantine boundaries were recently established by CDFA, covering 162 square miles of Napa, Sonoma and Solano Counties. An active trapping program is underway to help determine the extent of the infestation. Read more... (398 words, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)
Spring is right around the corner, and with it will come new finds of invasive pests in areas across California. Many different pests will emerge from their winter “homes” or overwintering states as the weather gets warmer and we will learn what we’re up against this year. If that makes it sound like a battle, that’s because it is—the battle to protect, as best we can, California and it resources from the impacts of invasive pests. Read more... (322 words, estimated 1:17 mins reading time)
As winter comes to a close, many of us are thinking ahead to our summer vegetable gardens.
Spring is when many plants are growing their tender new leaves, attractive to some of the most common garden pests: aphids, slugs and snails. Fortunately, there are some specific things you can do to keep pests from eating more from your vegetable garden than you do. Read more... (344 words, estimated 1:23 mins reading time)
Author: Deborah McPartlan, Staff Officer, Emergency Management, USDA-APHIS | Category: